by Tim McGarry, USA TODAY Sports

by Tim McGarry, USA TODAY Sports

Shabazz Muhammad's backpack raised some questions, but his school is standing behind him.

The UCLA freshman sported a black Gucci backpack following the Bruins' 84-73 win over No. 6 Arizona, as initially noted in a story from Yahoo! Sports.

Muhammad, who missed the first three games of the season due to an NCAA investigation for impermissible benefits, caused a stir by wearing the designer backpack. The cheapest backpack on Gucci's website has a retail price tag of $990.

But UCLA issued a statement Friday night saying that its compliance office has confirmed Muhammad received the backpack as a gift from his family and the matter is closed.

Muhammad's sister was not afraid to take to Twitter to share her thoughts on the controversy.

Via four tweets, Asia Muhammad wrote the following to Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde:

"I read your condescending remark about [Shabazz] leaving with a Gucci backpack after beating Arizona. That was a birthday gift from myself (his sister) and his mother. I have the original receipt if you need to verify that. [Shabazz] doesn't need anything from anyone except his family. I understand you're a very distinguished writer, congrats on that. but you're barking up the wrong tree on this one."